Highest-Paid Professors in Ontario (2025)

In 2025, 22,317 professor roles appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List, earning an average of $171,990 and a median of $154,279. The highest-paid was Julian Birkinshaw (Dean, Ivey Business School/Professor at University Of Western Ontario) at $656,640. Full, associate, and assistant professors and lecturers at public universities and colleges.

Figures cover disclosed public-sector employees only (those above Ontario’s $100,000 disclosure threshold). Records span 1996–2025.

Professors disclosed (2025)

22,317

Average

$171,990

Median

$154,279

Highest

$656,640

Top 25 highest-paid professors (2025)

#	Name	Job title	Employer	Total
1	Julian Birkinshaw	Dean, Ivey Business School/Professor	University Of Western Ontario	$656,640
2	Alan Aspuru-Guzik	Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science	University Of Toronto	$649,993
3	John Yoo	Dean/Professor/Medical Doctor	University Of Western Ontario	$632,707
4	Anthony Tang	Professor/Medical Doctor	University Of Western Ontario	$625,000
5	Steven Hoffman	Professor/Senior Advisor/Advisor/Endowed Chair	York University	$621,502
6	Brian Golden	Professor of Strategic Management	University Of Toronto	$616,607
7	David Goldreich	Professor of Finance	University Of Toronto	$601,972
8	Theodore Brown	Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology	University Of Toronto	$598,159
9	William Strange	Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	University Of Toronto	$596,033
10	Mikhail Simutin	Associate Professor of Finance	University Of Toronto	$593,667
11	Dilip Soman	Professor of Marketing	University Of Toronto	$575,404
12	Wei-Yi (Scott) Liao	Professor of Accounting	University Of Toronto	$573,981
13	Partha Sarat Mohanram	Professor of Accounting	University Of Toronto	$573,196
14	Glen Whyte	Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management	University Of Toronto	$572,792
15	Wendy Rotenberg	Professor of Finance	University Of Toronto	$565,190
16	Craig Andrew Doidge	Professor of Finance	University Of Toronto	$561,168
17	Mihnea Moldoveanu	Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	University Of Toronto	$557,620
18	Meric Gertler	Professor of Geography and Planning	University Of Toronto	$555,450
19	Liyan Yang	Professor of Finance	University Of Toronto	$541,454
20	Cheryl Misak	Professor of Philosophy	University Of Toronto	$539,961
21	Ajay Agrawal	Professor of Strategic Management	University Of Toronto	$537,683
22	Joseph Milner	Professor of Operations Management and Statistics	University Of Toronto	$536,048
23	Ole-Kristian Hope	Professor of Accounting	University Of Toronto	$535,550
24	Ing-Haw Cheng	Associate Professor, Finance	University Of Toronto	$534,219
25	Alexander Dyck	Professor of Finance	University Of Toronto	$532,081

Employers with the most professors (2025)

University Of Toronto3,302 · $219,892 avg York University1,515 · $194,526 avg University Of Western Ontario1,432 · $178,803 avg University Of Waterloo1,383 · $194,866 avg McMaster University1,136 · $192,680 avg University Of Ottawa1,063 · $191,150 avg Queen's University985 · $193,882 avg Toronto Metropolitan University919 · $187,636 avg University Of Guelph762 · $191,888 avg Conestoga College Institute Of Technology and Advanced Learning633 · $125,115 avg Humber College Institute Of Technology and Advanced Learning625 · $127,015 avg Brock University558 · $181,289 avg

Job titles included

Professor9,117Associate Professor3,292Assistant Professor1,871Professeure ou professeur titulaire / Full Professor496Full-Time Professor429Professeure agrégée ou professeur agrégé / Associate Professor329Professeur/Professor193Associate Professor, Teaching Stream177Professor/Professeur159Professor/Coordinator149

Highest-Paid Professors in Ontario (2025)

Top 25 highest-paid professors (2025)

Employers with the most professors (2025)

Job titles included

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